Samuel Joseph May Collection ca. 1822-1871

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Samuel Joseph May Collection, Accession 7202, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Samuel Joseph May Collection, Accession 7202, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Despite Henry Colman's persuasions he must decline the invitation to preach before returning to Brooklyn, Conn. ]

[Letter contains a copy of the resolution passed at a meeting of Plymouth Countyabolitionists on March 25, 1842 which demands that Edward Everett, American minister to the Court of St. James, disobey Secretary of State Webster's instruction requesting that the British surrender the slaves on the Creole (Creole Slave Case 1841).]

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1963 February 25
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
3 items